               
Oliver D.
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Border Marches - What the Average Amberi Knows
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The average Amberi in the 14th century
(circa 1350 ST) knows quite a bit about their own culture but little about foreign
cultures. You can get a good idea of what they know about their own cultures on the
Glorantha web site at : http://www.glorantha.com/hw/P03Keywords1.html
under the heading "The Heortlings" as well as the sections called Orlanthi Hero Wars, Orlanthi Culture, and the
excerpt from Thunder Rebels.
This will give you a good basic understanding of Heortling culture.
Now how about the neighbours? The section on "Who Lives
Near Us?" from the Thunder
Rebels excerpt covers the basic knowledge fairly well with the following
exceptions/additions. The term "special enemy" refers to whether this
group is the enemy that our ancestors had to deal with. Being a regular enemy DOES
NOT mean that a state of truce cannot exist. Even with a special enemy peace
might be possible (remember, "There is always another way!").
Unfortunately mythic/historic antagonisms might make this next to impossible to acheive in
practise. The ancestors and cultures have a long memory.
| Culture |
Knowledge |
| Lunars |
The Lunars are presently completely
unknown to the Heortlings. |
| Tarshites |
Pretty much unknown at this time. |
| Solar cultures |
Age old enemies. Elmal is the only
decent sun god. All other sun god worshippers are enemies. |
| Praxians |
They are an old enemy but few have had any
contact with them. The fact that they will have nothing to do with horse riders and
cattle herders is not well understood. That'll clear up really quickly though.
The statement given in TR excerpt describes general knowledge quite well. Not
a special enemy. |
| Hendrikilanders |
The region south of Heortland (the
Amberi's old homeland) is inhabited by related peoples. Recently immigrants from the
west who claim there is only one true god took over the region. They claim that all
the other gods are just people with great power. The're warriors fight from
horseback on armoured horses and do not know anything about Heortling honour. |
| Uz (trolls) |
The best known non-humans actually.
The former ruler of Heortland, the Only Old One, was the son of Argan Argar so despite the
fact that there is little love lost between the trolls and Heortlings they are not
automatically considered enemies. They are inhuman monsters though. Not a
special enemy. |
| Dragonewts |
Feared because of the Dragonkill War but
little is known about them. The Urlanging (the mother clan of the Amber clan) was
hostile to the dragons and did wage war against them historically. |
| Aldryami (elves) |
Sometime enemies. sometime friends.
Ernalda has good relations with them (sometimes) but their culture is a complete
mystery. Keep out of their woods if you know what's good for you. Not a
special enemy. |
| Mostali (dwarves) |
Pretty much a complete mystery though
everyone would recognize them. No precedent set for contact. Orlanth probably
fought Mostal (he fought everyone else) but they're not a special enemy. |
| Hsunchen (Beast Folk) |
An age old, special enemy of the
Urlanging. The clan hero Vandarl specialized in fighting them. Their special
enemy was a group of cattle people but other types exist! Beware them. The
Torkani speak of a wolf people (the Telmori) but they're not neighbours of yours.
THE special enemy! |
| Predark (Chaos) |
What is there to say? Always the
enemy. One of the few capital crimes is consorting with chaos. Kill them dead. |
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